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Plant Security

The cyber threat

Debra Schug

December 3, 2014

Hardly a week goes by without news of another big company being hacked.

Technology Sourcebook

Cloud system

June 3, 2014

Transferring measurement data wirelessly from test tools to smartphones and the cloud, the Fluke Connect system allows universal team access from the field.

Technology Sourcebook

Offering secure connections to remote devices, the ProSoft ICX30-HWC industrial cellular gateway allows remote site access and communication to PLCs, RTUs, and other Ethernet and serial devices where WiFi may not be available.

Tech Update: Wireless Applications

Eliminate wires and legwork with radio communications

Wireless systems help alleviate plant installation obstructions and provide cost efficiencies. With FSMA looming, it’s time to get moving to support electronic recordkeeping with wireless capabilities.

Wayne Labs

March 6, 2013

Look around you. You probably have operating parameters you’d like to measure and track to satisfy the requirements of regulators, especially with FDA getting serious about implementing parts of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

TECH FLASH

Voices from the cloud help pet food supplier speed warehouse operations

August 28, 2012

It’s not God speaking, but this voice management suite lets warehouse workers pick products hands-free.

TECH FLASH

Remote rabbi restart

June 26, 2012

When a rabbi can’t be physically on hand to restart a boiler at a kosher food plant, a remote text-message restart does the job.

Editor's Note: Embracing the new methods of manufacturing leadership

Joyce Fassl

August 1, 2011

The days of management by walking around the plant are long gone, and more collaborative work sessions and wireless tools will be embraced by future manufacturing leadership.